Cost-effectiveness of intraoperative facial nerve monitoring in middle ear or mastoid surgery

Laryngoscope

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1736-1745

  Wilson, Leslie ^a   Lin, Eddie ^a   Lalwani, Anil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Cost effectiveness; Decision analysis; Facial nerve monitoring; Middle ear and mastoid surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE INJURY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MASTOIDECTOMY; MIDDLE EAR SURGERY; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; REOPERATION;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION TREES; EAR, MIDDLE; FACIAL NERVE INJURIES; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MASTOID; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; OTOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; REOPERATION;

EID: 0141450264     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200310000-00015     Document Type: Article

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